Cardiac echinococcus complicated by ventricular tachycardia

Marcello Marcì; Abele Ajello; Francesca Finazzo; Francesco Violante; Andrea Pizzuto; Antonino Battaglia; Andrea Quarti; Ottavio Alfieri

doi:10.1046/j.1540-8175.2001.00613.x

Cardiac echinococcus complicated by ventricular tachycardia

Marcello Marcì, Abele Ajello, Francesca Finazzo, Francesco Violante, Andrea Pizzuto, Antonino Battaglia, Andrea Quarti, Ottavio Alfieri

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Abstract

Echinococcosis is a parasitic disease that usually involves lungs and liver. Occasionally, it localizes in the heart (less than 2% of cases). We present a case of an adult patient with cardiac echinococcosis complicated by ventricular tachycardia. The diagnosis, based on transthoracic two-dimensional echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and computerized tomography (CT), was confirmed by surgery.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	613-615
Number of pages	3
Journal	Echocardiography
Volume	18
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1540-8175.2001.00613.x
State	Published - 2001

Keywords

Cardiac echinococcosis
Two-dimensional echocardiography
Ventricular tachycardia

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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